Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 6 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse Rujira Banerjee was stopped by the immigration division at Kolkata Airport from boarding a Dubai-bound flight and has been summoned to look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 8.
“Although not required to intimate, nonetheless to specific her bonafide, Rujira Banerjee, spouse of TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee knowledgeable ED by way of electronic mail of her upcoming go to to Dubai from June 5 to June 13 along with her youngsters. There was no response/communication from ED objecting to such a go to which they might not have in view of the orders of the Supreme Courtroom,” mentioned Rujira Banerjee’s lawyer.
“As we speak in gross violation of the Supreme Courtroom’s orders, she was stopped at immigration alongside along with her minor youngsters and knowledgeable that she can’t journey overseas. She was additionally handed over a duplicate of summon directing her to look earlier than the ED workplace in Kolkata on June 8. We might be transferring to courtroom because it has been a violation of SC order,” the lawyer added.
The ED lodged a case underneath the provisions of the PMLA primarily based on a November 2020 FIR registered by the CBI that alleged a multi-crore coal pilferage rip-off associated to Japanese Coalfields Ltd mines within the state’s Kunustoria and Kajora areas in and round Asansol.
Native coal operative Anup Majee is alleged to be the prime suspect within the case. The ED had claimed that the TMC MP was a beneficiary of funds obtained from this unlawful commerce. Banerjee has denied all expenses. (ANI)
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